Ave Maria School of Law Professional Development

Alumni Professional Development

The Office of Professional Development will continue to provide access to the following resources and services that will help graduates with their job search, job application and interview, and job transitions:

Career counseling
Conferences & networking opportunities
Informational sessions
Interview preparation
Resume and cover letter editing
Job postings through Symplicity

Job Postings

The Office of Professional Development uses Symplicity, an online career service management tool, to provide new job opportunities, participate in and signup for the Office of Professional Development programming and events, review resources in the document library and apply for on-campus recruitment.

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Job Counseling

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Reciprocity

What is it?

Reciprocity is a process whereby AMSL graduates may utilize the career services resources of a law school in their geographic area. Most law schools throughout the country employ some type of reciprocity policy to handle these types of requests. Alumni interested in investigating whether or not a law school has a Reciprocity Policy are encouraged to take the following steps:

• Research the career services office at the law school(s) located in the city or state where you are seeking employment.
• Review the law school’s reciprocity policy and requirements.
• Most law schools require reciprocity requests to come from your law school’s Career Services Office on your behalf.

Seek a reciprocity request from the Ave Maria School of Law's Office of Professional Development here: OPD@avemarialaw.edu

Reciprocity Policy

Ave Maria School of Law has established the following policies concerning reciprocity:

The Office of Professional Development (OPD) provides reasonable access of resources to students and graduates of ABA-accredited law schools both inside and outside of Florida.
Services are available only to those law schools that extend services to Ave Maria School of Law’s students and graduates.
All requests for services must be made in writing by the student/graduate’s Career Services Office in advance of the intended visit (no walk-in requests will be honored). Requests must include the student/graduate’s name, date or expected date of graduation, and the student/graduate’s email address.
Students and graduates should phone or email the OPD to schedule an appointment prior to the initial visit.
Reciprocal services include on-site access to resource materials, handouts, and access to current job postings for a period of 90 days from the date of approval. If the requesting school provides online access to job postings, Ave Maria School of Law will provide the same. If the requesting school does not provide online access to job postings, Ave Maria School of Law will either grant privileges similar to the requesting school’s reciprocal arrangement, or grant access to online postings for a 30 day period.

Services will not be available between August 15 and November 1 of each year.
Students or graduates of other law schools are not permitted to schedule on-campus interviews or participate in resume collect opportunities with employers at Ave Maria School of Law.
Students/graduates responding to an open position found on Ave Maria School of Law’s online job posting board must state in the cover letter to employers that the position was found from this office through a reciprocal arrangement with their school.
The Associate Dean may deny further services to any school surpassing a reasonable number of reciprocity requests within any calendar year, or to individuals who misuse the facilities or services.

Reciprocity requests should be directed to:

Jill Backer

Associate Dean of Professional Development & Alumni Affairs
Ave Maria School of Law
1025 Commons Circle
Naples, Florida 34119
(239) 687-5351